HI well the day finally arrived. out of 10 we are blessed with 8 lil beauties 4 boys and 4 girls, smallest one is 14oz largest 1 if 1lb 25oz the 2 who didn't make it we're 2lbs. and poor Jewel was just to small and they to large. i am still crying over it.

but we had a funeral for them, buried them under the trees so they will always have shade from the hot Tx sun. Hoss and Gator will always be missed and not forgotten.

I guess you can not have joy without some pain, makes us appreciate the the blessings given us so much more.

they are home safe and sound now, sleeping and crawling all over. 1 even has a lil additude already..LOL he will growl its sooo cute. and no worries about mom as she is doing a wonderful job taking care of them. when we first got home from the Vet ER. she let Blue the daddy have 1 look and then the cat. after that she let em know that was all they could see. now if they come even close to her door she shows em teeth. they do not try to challenge her. but give her the respect she needs and leaves her in peace to her precious brood.

i have attached the 2 pest pics i got so far, i hope you enjoy them as much as i do. i hope they show up

i know it has nothing to do with lyme, but i wanted to share in the joy i am haven with then. and hopefully bring a smile to someone else. and maybe lift there sprites too as they have lifted mine. as i am in great pain to help deliver them it was well worth everyone of them. RD

RottenDog: My heart stopped when I read the beginning of your comment. I hurried and clicked on the photos. I thought you were talking about babies! I thought you , or someone close to you, had all 8 babies!

thanks you all for you kind thoughts. they have been keeping me pretty busy, but loving every min of it.

stutterbugi am sorry if i mislead you in my post. but to me they are my grankids in a way.i love all babies animal or human ones. i have waited 10 yrs to get a pup out of my male. he is a awesome dog. i was so healthy when i got him, and he had every kind of training i could think of. he even found a missing child once.and was the best chaperone when my daughter started dating..LOL because of him she had a lot more freedom them most kids get today. so this make him a supper dog to me.and he knows every trick in the book. he is so smart.

jewel was supposed to go into scratch and rescue 2 yrs ago right before i blow out my knee. it always thought this was a great loss to so many potential lives. RD

i thought you may like to see a updated pic of the pups. this is of the 1 i plan on keeping. i have named his Cole. he is the spitting image of Blue ( his daddy ) they are almost 3 wks old now.

i have been bottle feeding them for over a week now to help momma, as i dont believe she has enough milk for all of them. and a few nights ago i gave them there first tast of puppy mush. they love it.LOL

they have brought me so much joy. that i truely believe i am doing much better, not in near as much pain, for the last few days now. i pray this keeps up.

OMG!!! Squeeezzeeeeeeeeee!!!!! I just want to love them and hug them and cuddle them! Haha! They are all so adorable RD!**You never know how STRONG you are....until being STRONG is the ONLY choice you have**

thank you everyone. i can go to there pool witch btw they can now get out of.LOL lost one last night and couldnt find it for awhile. finily did weee, so at 5am i was placeing a pen around the pool to keep them in.

but when i go to the poll they will all come running to me. licking anything they can get to. its so sweet and i just melt. they now have collors on so i can tell them apart.LOL i so wish i could kepp them all. but my trailer isnt big enough for 10 rotties. wow

Okay is Cole just too stinkin cute! As my kids say I could just dip him in my hot chocolate and eat em!!!! How lucky you are to be surrounded by such cute little babies! Enjoy them...Cole will be a big boy soon! Glad you are feeling okay , too. That was nice to hear.

we took the babies outside this eveing for the first time. they had a ball. cole even walked over to his daddy and looked him in the eye, as if to say i want to grow up to as big as you. it was so cute.

one would think they would do there business outside. but no they all came in and i had just changed the bedding and did it there :( LOL

they also had there first drink of water today.and are now able to get out of there pen"pool". at 5am i was havent o hunt cole down, he was first man out..lol and i thought for sure one of the lil girls would of been first to get out.

i would be more then happy to post more pics as they grow.

my pain free days are over with tho, sad to say. my back is just killing me and my knee's are spasming right now. kinda like the old saying all good things must come to a end :( i could just cry. RD